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Something confused me about this episode. When Prof. Oak scans Ash and Gary's Pokedexes, he says Gary has caught 60 Pokemon but just a few minutes later, he says he caught 200 Pokemon. Also the way Brock spoke of Togepi, he seemed to be already aware that Togepi was not one of the original 150 Pokemon.

Also Gary was shocked that Meowth could talk even though he already met him in "The Battle Of The Badge".

I had this episode on VHS and I remember being so PO'd that Gary and Ash didn't battle because it was the last episode on the tape and I made my mom buy the tape because I thought they battled in it. I was also super confused seeing all of those Tauros and finding out they were Ash's, I was so lost. This episode was OK though.

Krabby being brought up again was surprsing since Gary have never seen one of Ash's pokemon except of Pikachu. And Ash should have battled Garry in this episode. Just before the league, it should have been the last training battle.

The 1st time I saw this episode, I was very confused as to how Ash has 30 Tauros, but after seeing the other episode, it made sense. Gary's arrogance really shines in this episode, especially when it was said that he had seen less, but caught more pokemon, and Ash has seen way more pokemon but has caught less. Seeing Duduo for the 1st time was cool.

The whole 30 Tauros thing confused me when I saw this episode. I couldn't think of how I could've possibly missed Ash catching that many Pokemon.

I liked the part where Team Rocket was blown up by Voltorb and Electrode, and the part where Ash says something about Misty becoming more like Psyduck. xD I also liked how unbelievably large Oak's lab is.

Overall, though, I found most of this episode to be boring. There weren't many interesting things in it. :/

OMG, i love this episode
one reason that i absolutly love this episode is because it had one of the most hallarious quote ever!!

"Im no loser, i earned 8 badges"made by ash, i absolutly was wetting myself laughin on the floor i couldnt stop laughing, it was the way he said it, and the fact that gary had two more badges then him (who would want 10! unless you were paul who think one of the gyms were pathetic)

This was a good episode. It was nice to see so many different Pokémon and how Professor Oak's lab works. It was also funny how Gary is better than Ash in pretty much every way. I like how Jessie can just pick up and fling that Geodude... I thought they were heavy!

When seeing this episode for the first time, the 30 Tauros shocked me. After seeing "The legend of Dratini" on the internet some years ago, I finally understood. Nice to see how Professor Oak works, and to see Gary's Krabby. This is a very interesting episode. Brock asking to Gary what he would choose against his Geodude, and then Misty saying Ash would use Pikachu was funny. Ash didn't get a chance to answer. However, if he did, he would've probably said "Pikachu" anyways, so it doesn't matter. 10/10 for an awesome Kanto episode, this one is so memorable and perfect.

Ah, good episode this is. I just love the whole prequel to the Indigo League and this episode elaborated that thoroughly. What I also find interesting is that with the increasing appearance of Gary, you, the viewer, can feel that rivalry sparking between them. That makes thus more enjoyable to watch.

Ah, good episode this is. I just love the whole prequel to the Indigo League and this episode elaborated that thoroughly. What I also find interesting is that with the increasing appearance of Gary, you, the viewer, can feel that rivalry sparking between them. That makes thus more enjoyable to watch.

Ooooh. A Starmie and Staryu. Okay Misty, you take one on the count of three. One. Two. Three! Okay, run run. Hearing what Gary said should be a wake up call for Ash. He slacks off, and he doesn't catch Pokemon. He attempts to do it, but fails most of the time.

This episode finally showed Ash's 30 Tarous that he caught in the episode "The Legend Of Dratini", but sadly that episode didn't air in US. But this left a plot-hole in the english dub of the Kanto saga.
Gary annoyed me in this episode ....... he collected 10 (2 unneeded)badges just to show-off in front of Ash. Rewatching this episode reminded me how much I disliked Gary back then. Gary having 200 Pokémon didn't make sense to me ....... that particular part of the episode was badly writing, there's no way a trainer can catch that many Pokemon in that amount of time.
I did like the scene where MEWTWO destroys Giovanni's headquarters and leaves, that was the best part of this episode in my opinion. Prof. Oak mentioned about the two other trainer who left Pallet Town with Ash and Gary, didn't succeed as trainers.....but sadly he never said who were the trainers. I guess it'll remain a mystery forever.

Originally Posted by Mr.Munchlax

Here's a question: If Ash had a bed above his shelves, why was he sleeping on the floor in the first place?

it was either a mistake or Ash was used too sleeping like that after his Kanto journey.

Ugh, Mr. Mime vacuuming Ash's face was annoying. To this day I wish Delia hadn't gotten him. Anyway, Mewtwo's cameo was cool; I like it when the writers tie the anime with the movies. In general though, I disliked Professor Oak's constant lectures throughout the episode. I liked seeing Oak's Poke Ball room though; Gary's collection was impressive.